Nearly 10 Thousand Tourists Visit Mevlana Museum In Konya

KONYA - Nearly ten thousand Turkish and foreign tourists visited the Mevlana Museum in central province of Konya during Mevlana Week.
Curator Erdogan Erol told the A.A correspondent on Sunday that number of Turkish and foreign tourists visiting Mevlana Museum increased considerably this year.
Jalal ud-din Rumi known as Mevlana devoted himself to the pursuit of Sufi mysticism, in which field he was justly regarded as a supreme master. He was the spiritual founder of the Mevlevi order of whirling dervishes. His most important work, composed during the last ten years of his life, is the Mathnawi-i Manawi. This comprises about thirty thousand couplets in six books, a vast compendium of Sufi lore and doctrine, interspersed with fables and anecdotes. It is especially remarkable for its insight into the laws of physics and psychology. Second to this is the Diwan-i Shams-i Tabriz, a collection of lyrics (ghazals) dedicated to his spiritual guide Shamsuddin of Tabriz.